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Jack O’Connell is the hottest cat on any roof (tin or otherwise)
London’ National Theatre’s acclaimed production of Tennesee William’s classic play Cat On A Hot Tin Roof is being telecast live to selected US movie theaters. On a steamy night in Mississippi, a Southern family gathers at their cotton plantation to celebrate Big Daddy’s birthday. The scorching heat is almost as oppressive as the lies…
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Beats Per Minute (BPM) is a big winner – again
Less than a month after it swept the boards of the LUMIERE AWARDS France’s equivalent to the Golden Globes, ROBIN CAMPILLO ’S masterful movie BPM BEATS PER MINUTE was the big winner at the César Awards (France’s Oscars) last night. It picked up 6 Awards including the Best Film prize along with wins for editing, original screenplay, supporting actor, score and…
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The extraordinary How To Make A Pearl
Landing in the queerguru office this morning was a new extraordinary short film from the documentaries division of The Guardian Newspaper in London. We intended to take a quick glimpse and come back and watch it later, but it was one of those remarkable stories that begged for our immediate attention, and so we viewed it…
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Adam Rippon winning hearts and minds (as well as an Olympic Medal)
Sometimes the media are a tad too quick to idolize sportsmen especially the ones that have medals hanging around their necks. However, in the case of the young openly gay Olympic Ice Skater Adam Rippon who has barely been out of the headlines these past few weeks, he deserves every single drop of adoration that has been piled on him. Not…
